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The two went to bed soon after that and the world slept silent knowing that the marauders were sleeping, thus not causing any mayhem.
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A few I-don't-know-how-many miles away:
"Awe, that is so cute and adorable and... AWE!" squealed Alice as Lily finished telling her all that happened. The two were sitting on Lily's bed in their pyjamas, sleepover style.
"I know! He's really jumped a mile from when I last said, 'Little by little this year, he umm, improved?' you know." She had a dreamy look on her face as she thought of James... Potter... James Potter... J. Potter...James...
"LILY! You like him," accused Alice. When Lily started to shake her head, Alice burst out with laughter,
"You do! O my word, this is..."
"Not going to be repeated!" interrupted Lily, she blushed and sighed,
"I guess I do like him. It is not just because he's 'improved', it's because, well, I got over my problems with him and I find that he's a terrific person... and I really like it." Confessed Lily, she took a bite out of one of the thousand chocolate frogs that Frank bought for Alice. He bought so many that there was still a whole lot left.
"Frank is so sweet to have bought you all of these," sighed Lily. Alice smiled,
"He is... I am so lucky to have him as a boyfriend. He is so nice to me and he respects me and loves me, I'll do anything for him."
"Alice," said Lily with a raised eyebrow, "anything? Like, you know anything..."
Alice blushed, which was very rare, and nodded. Lily cleared her throat and said,
"Right, well, how about we watch a seriously chic movie; to celebrate our new found feminism to boys!" she laughed at how silly it all sounded as she and Alice jumped up and grabbed the first thing they thought was watchable in their girly state.
"Four words, baby..." said Alice as the adverts started, "The Devil Wears Prada!"
Lily snorted unladylike, "You just chose it because of the stiletto heal on the cover."
"No, it only caught my eye. The word 'Prada' made my chose it," said Alice.
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Weeks passed and life seemed to settle in the summer-holiday mode for everyone. They began getting custom to going to bed late and waking up even later. Everyone realised their laziness and some, like Alice and Marlene, only indulged into it further. Others, however, decided to be more active and rather get things done, like Lily and James.
The routine did not severely change until the last day before the last week of holidays.
Alice was busy sorting out her closet and room, for in her laziness it had become a great mess. Her mother had forced her to get up and do something about it, for she would not allow Lily to stay with them if it is in such a state. Lily was to stay with Alice when her mother and father went on their cruse, she did not want to remain home alone with Petunia. At midday Alice spotted an owl coming toward her window. She opened her window and when the bird had swooped in, removed the letter addressed to her.
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Dear Alice
How are you? I hope your summer has been wonderful. I was wondering if maybe you wanted to spend the rest of the summer holidays with me at my house, from tomorrow. I am aware that Lily will be spending this time with you, and I hope that you both can come. I am also inviting Marlene and Frank with, of course, the rest of the marauders.
If you can come, please send your reply and I will come fetch you and Lily, if she wishes to come, at noon tomorrow.
Best wishes,
James Potter and Sirius Black
Alice smiled and ran to get her mother's permission. When her mother agreed she grabbed a piece of parchment and wrote down her answer. She handed it to the owl, which had been patiently waiting the entire time. She led it out the window and smiled as it rose higher into the air.
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James and Sirius smiled at her answer. They began dictating another letter, this time to Lily.
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Lily was packing her clothes for her stay at Alice and her trunk for Hogwarts. She was excited to get out of the house; things had become even more tedious. Her parents had brought back their tradition of playing childish board games. She did not mind this when she was ten years old, but now at sixteen she was way too old to play such things.
She sighed and looked out of her window, counting down the days before she could go back to her freedom, magic. She observed a brown speck heading towards her, she opened her window and an owl came in with a letter addressed to her.
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Dear Lily
How are you? I hope your summer has been wonderful. I was wondering if maybe you wanted to spend the rest of the summer holidays with me at my house, from tomorrow. I am aware that you will be spending this time with Alice, and we have invited you both. I am also inviting Marlene and Frank with, of course, the rest of the marauders.
If you can come, please send your reply and I will fetch at Alice's place, who replied that she would be delighted come, at noon tomorrow.
Best wishes,
James Potter and Sirius Black
Lily laughed at their antic of trying to seem more mature. She scribbled a reply and handed it to the owl who had delivered the note.
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James smile grew so big; Sirius was scared that his face would split into two. The pair sat down to write another letter to Marlene, the only one left as Frank's reply had just arrived.
When they were done, James could not help staring at Lily's parting note,
"Love, Lily"
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Marlene lay in her garden at the pool, sucking in the sun. She loved being outside like this. Hogwarts was much too cold for her opinion, she preferred the heat. She loved how it seemed to circle around her and go into her very pours.
Suddenly something heavy landed on her stomach, yelping and hoping it wasn't one of her brothers fowl jokes, she opened her eyes and whisked off her sunglasses. On her stomach was a beautiful owl, with a letter addressed to her.
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Dear Marlene
How are you? I hope your summer has been wonderful. I was wondering if maybe you wanted to spend the rest of the summer holidays with me at my house, from tomorrow. I had also invited Alice, Lily and Frank with, of course, the rest of the marauders.
If you can come, please send your reply and Sirius will come and fetch at noon tomorrow at your house.
Best wishes,
James Potter and Sirius Black
Marlene smirked, as she was absolutely sure that the structure of her letter was much like the one's sent to Alice and Lily, while nothing like the one sent Frank. She bounced up and hopped into the house to ask her dad, for he was the one with the rubber arm; able to be twisted and turned with a pout.
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The boys jeered as her reply came... everyone were able to come...
Two in one day... Yay! If you feel I must put in Franks part please tell me and I will do so with pleasure as quick as I can...